Jennie Jerome, the Amazing American Mother of One of the World's Greatest Statesmen

“My mother always seemed to me like a fairy princess: a radiant being possessed of limitless riches and power. She shone for me like the evening star. I loved her dearly.”

-Winston Churchill

Like so many society women in the gilded age, Jeanette “Jennie” Jerome was a wealthy American heiress who was brought to Europe to find a titled husband, and a level …